The Second Amendment may be unique because it deals with a specific issue, but that doesn't mean that you can just pretend it does not exist, that it's vestigial, that it does not make sense in the modern era, etc.
I don't find your argument very compelling. You say there are no other collective rights (which I think is a strong inference that there are no collective rights in the BoR at all, rather than the Second Amendment is an exception for some reason). I think you're just wishing the right away.
So an originalist would say the First Amendment does not protect email, television, etc, because those modalities did not exist at the time of the founding?
Agreed. It ignores the Ninth Amendment - "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
reminiscent of my favorite part of Life of Brian.
"You're all individuals!"
"Yes, we are all individuals!"
"You're all different!"
"Yes, we are all different!"
"I'm not!"
I seem to remember that happened after the election. I do not hold Trump blameless for what he did (nor do I hold many of the Republicans involved blameless). My biggest regret is that more of the rioters were not shot. You can't just storm the Capitol building.
No not at all. Just like I didn't think some of the problems we were seeing under Trump were his fault, I don't think the majority of the problems we are seeing under Biden are his fault.
Your BIL sounds like a douche. But you guys don't know me and I don't know you but it's super easy to just assume the worst about each other on the internet. I'm not a Fox News guy and generally speaking think things are way more complicated than either side wants people to believe.